We were delighted to present at the 18th International Pragmatics Conference, a biannual conference attended by over 1500 linguists! This year it was held at Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium. There were many…
Storytelling
Interview about Food Discourse and Cooking Shows
We were interviewed about our book: Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).Listen to our interview on the podcast New Books Network by Carrie Helms Tippen. New Books Network is a…
Keep a Daily Journal
One of the best ways to have a rich, fulfilling, successful life? Keep a personal journal. Writing down ideas, desires, experiences, and conclusions about the people and events that touch your life every day helps…
The Way to Engage Others: The Power of the Question Mark
“Use the question mark to generate reader curiosity and narrative energy”- Peter Roy Clark How easy is that? How bad could that be? How good is that? What couldn’t be better? Who wouldn’t want that?…
Storytelling with Food Photography
Scrolling through your Instagram and Pinterest for recipes leads to hundreds of food images. How do you stop to pick one? We choose a food image that makes our mouths water and sends our minds…
The Core to Storytelling is Simplicity: Insight from the Back of the Napkin
Simple storytelling is a core component to success. Complexity is a distractor. The Back of the Napkin (B.O.T. N.) column of Bon Appetit values a short story: your story should fit on the back of the…
Plan Your Life: Lessons from Cooking Shows
“You know those seasoning packets that come with the ham?” says Sunny Anderson on her cooking show Cooking for Real as she makes a holiday spiral ham. “Just can’t do it,” she says, shaking her…
Storyteller’s Tools: Passion, Smiles, Friendliness
We can learn from celebrated television personalities how to improve our performance in front of an audience, whether it is for your next meeting, classroom, blog, podcast, YouTube channel, or even television show. Storytelling requires…